List of artists with the most UK top-ten singles


The UK Singles Chart is a weekly record chart which for most of its history was based on single sales from Sunday to Saturday in the United Kingdom. From 2004, downloads became included in the chart for the first time, and rules were altered in 2006 so that singles could chart before a physical copy was released. Since July 2014 it has also incorporated streaming data, with music videos also counted towards the chart from July 2018. From 10 July 2015 the chart has been based on a Friday to Thursday week. The chart was founded in 1952 by Percy Dickins of New Musical Express, who telephoned 20 record stores to ask what their top 10 highest-selling singles were. Dickins aggregated the results into a top 12 hit parade, which was topped by "Here in My Heart" by Al Martino. NMEs chart was published each week in its eponymous magazine.
The sources, in accordance with the official canon of the Official Charts Company, are the New Musical Express chart from 1952 to 1960; the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969; and the Official UK Singles Chart from 1969 onwards.
This list shows the artists who have had the most top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart. Elvis Presley holds the record for most top 10 singles with 76, having first entered the chart in 1956 with his number two hit "Heartbreak Hotel". His last entry was the posthumous song "Way Down" in 2005 which reached the same position after being re-released along with many of Presley's other hits to mark what would have been his 70th birthday. Cliff Richard is in second place, his 68 hit singles including his work with The Shadows. He was last seen in 2008 with "Thank You for a Lifetime", having made his chart debut with "Move It" in 1958. Madonna has the third most entries of all time in the top 10, her 63 hits spanning 25 years from "Holiday" in 1984 through to "Celebration" in 2009. She made history and gained a spot in the Guinness World Records in 1998 that still remains for most consecutive top 10 singles, with 36 between 1984 and 1994.
Among the other acts on this list, Ariana Grande, Avicii, Calvin Harris, Chris Brown, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Little Mix, P!nk, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift and Whitney Houston all added to their totals in 2019. Sheeran holds a chart record for the most concurrent singles in the top ten, set in 2017 when tracks from his third album, ÷, occupied nine of the ten spots, as well as 16 of the top twenty.
Avicii is the most recent artist to celebrate ten singles making the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, his posthumous release "SOS" - with vocals from Aloe Blacc - reaching its peak position of number six in May 2019 and spending ten weeks in the top ten.

Most top-ten singles

Number of entriesArtistYear first
entered chart
First entry
Year most recently
entered chart
Most recent
entry
Total weeks
in top 10
Ref.
76Elvis Presley1956"Heartbreak Hotel" 2005"Way Down" 386
68Cliff Richard1958"Move It" with The Drifters 2008"Thank You for a Lifetime" 333
63Madonna1984"Holiday" 2009"Celebration" 228
55Paul McCartney1963"Please Please Me" with The Beatles 2015"FourFiveSeconds" 302
50Michael Jackson1972"I Want You Back" with Jackson 5 2018"Don't Matter to Me" 176
49Robbie Williams1992"It Only Takes a Minute" with Take That 2013"Go Gentle" 160
411959"Travellin' Light" 1979"Theme from The Deer Hunter " 143
38Eminem1999"My Name Is" 2020"Godzilla" 159
36Kylie Minogue1988"I Should Be So Lucky" 2011"Higher" 125
35John Lennon1963"Please Please Me" with The Beatles 1999"Imagine" 235
33George Harrison1963"Please Please Me" with The Beatles 2002"My Sweet Lord" 212
33George Michael1982"Young Guns " with Wham! 2004"Flawless " 132
33Ringo Starr1963"Please Please Me" with The Beatles 1999"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" with Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band 208
33U21983"New Year's Day" 2007"Window in the Skies" 75
32Elton John1971"Your Song 2020"Step Into Christmas" 139
32Beyoncé1998"No No No" with Destiny's Child 2017"Perfect" 132
30Freddie Mercury1974"Seven Seas of Rhye" with Queen 1993"Living On My Own" 122
30Cheryl2002"Sound of the Underground" with Girls Aloud 2014"I Don't Care" 100
30Rihanna2005"Pon de Replay" 2017"Wild Thoughts" 265
281963"Please Please Me" 1996"Real Love" 188
27Diana Ross1964"Where Did Our Love Go" with The Supremes 2005"When You Tell Me That You Love Me" 123
27Ed Sheeran2011"The A Team" 2019"Own It" 197
27Gary Barlow1992"It Only Takes a Minute" with Take That 2013"Let Me Go" 126
27Rod Stewart1971"Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" 2010"Everybody Hurts" with Helping Haiti 116
26Calvin Harris2007"Acceptable in the 80s" 2019"Giant" 159
26Justin Timberlake1999"I Want You Back" with NSYNC 2018"Say Something" 112
26Westlife1999"Swear It Again" 2010"Everybody Hurts" with Helping Haiti 79
26will.i.am2003"Where Is the Love" 2014"It's My Birthday" 160
25David Bowie1969"Space Oddity" 2013"Where Are We Now" 103
25Mariah Carey1990"Vision of Love" 2019"All I Want For Christmas Is You" 94
25Queen1974"Seven Seas of Rhye" 2000"We Will Rock You" 106
23Britney Spears1999"...Baby One More Time" 2013"Work Bitch" 88
23David Guetta2006"Love Don't Let Me Go " 2018"Flames" 96
23Drake2010"What's My Name" 2020"Greece" 136
23Mark Owen1992"It Only Takes a Minute" with Take That 2014"These Days" with Take That 115
23Oasis1994"Live Forever" 2012"Falling Down" 61
22Kelly Rowland1998"No No No" with Destiny's Child 2015"The Girl Is Mine" with Destiny's Child 68
22Pet Shop Boys1985"West End Girls" 2006"I'm with Stupid" 67
22Phil Collins1978"Follow You Follow Me" with Genesis 1996"Dance into the Light" 98
22Status Quo1968"Pictures of Matchstick Men" 1990"The Anniversary Waltz - Part One" 74
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21Girls Aloud2002"Sound of the Underground" 2012"Something New" 61
21Harry Styles2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2020"Watermelon Sugar" 82/
21Paul Weller1979"The Eton Rifles" with The Jam 2005"From the Floorboards Up" 56
21Rolling Stones1964"Not Fade Away" 1981"Start Me Up" 108
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20Justin Bieber2010"Baby" 2020"Stuck With U" 165
20Kanye West2004"Through the Wire" 2019"Follow God" 79
20Liam Payne2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2018"For You " 77
20Louis Tomlinson2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2017"Back to You" 72
20P!nk2000"There You Go" 2019"Walk Me Home" 69
20Take That1992"It Only Takes a Minute" 2014"These Days" 110
20Tom Jones1965"It's Not Unusual" 2009" Islands in the Stream" 92
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19ABBA1974"Waterloo" 1981"One of Us" 114
19Bee Gees1967"Massachusetts" 1998"Immortality" with Celine Dion 91
19Frankie Bridge2002"One Step Closer" with S Club Juniors 2013"Disco Love" with The Saturdays 40
19Frankie Laine1952"High Noon " 1959"Rawhide" 187
19Geri1996"Wannabe" with Spice Girls 2017"Bridge over Troubled Water" with Artists for Grenfell 72
19McFly2004"5 Colours In Her Hair" 2013"Love Is On the Radio" 35
19Niall Horan2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2016"Slow Hands" 67
19Rochelle Humes2002"One Step Closer" with S Club Juniors 2013"Disco Love" with The Saturdays 40
19Stevie Wonder1967"I Was Made to Love Her" 1997"How Come, How Long" with Babyface 85
19Usher1998"You Make Me Wanna..." 2015"Don't Look Down" 57
18Bon Jovi1986"Livin' on a Prayer" 2006"Who Says You Can't Go Home" 42
18Boyzone1994"Love Me for a Reason" 2010"Gave It All Away" 71
18Coldplay2000"Yellow" 2017"Something Just Like This" 54
18Hollies1963"Stay" 1988"He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" 86
18Sugababes2000"Overload" 2010"Wear My Kiss" 57
18Whitney Houston1985"Saving All My Love for You" 2019"Higher Love" 88
17Ariana Grande2014"Problem" 2020"Rain On Me" 85
17Christina Aguilera1999"Genie in a Bottle" 2014"Say Something" 62
17Erasure1986"Sometimes" 2005"Breathe" 61
17Fergie2003"Where Is the Love" with The Black Eyed Peas2015"L.A. Love " 109
17Iron Maiden1982"Run to the Hills" 2007"Different World" 25
17Janet Jackson1986"What Have You Done for Me Lately" 2002"Feel It Boy" 76
17Jennifer Lopez1999"If You Had My Love" 2012"T.H.E. " 52
17Lonnie Donegan1956"Rock Island Line" 1962"The Party's Over" 111
17Madness1979"One Step Beyond" 1999"Lovestruck" 69
17Melanie C1996"Wannabe" 2005"Next Best Superstar" 73
17One Direction2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2015"History" 64
17UB401980"King/Food for Thought" 1998"Come Back Darling" 69
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16Backstreet Boys1996"We've Got It Goin' On 2005"Just Want You to Know" 36
16Cher1965"I Got You Babe" with Sonny 2001"The Music's No Good Without You" 73
16Chris Brown2006"Run It!" 2019"No Guidance" 71
16Manfred Mann1964"5-4-3-2-1" 1978"Davy's on the Road Again" with Earth Band 65
16Nicole Scherzinger2005"Don’t Cha 2014"Your Love" 62
16Prince1984"When Doves Cry" 1999"1999" 44
16R. Kelly1994"She's Got That Vibe" 2014"Bump & Grind 2014" 58
16Slade1971"Coz I Luv You" 1984"Run Runaway" 77
16Zayn2010"Heroes" with The X Factor 2010 finalists 2017"Dusk Till Dawn" 70
15Craig David1999"Re-Rewind " 2018"I Know You" 41
15Electric Light Orchestra1972"10538 Overture" 1981"Hold On Tight" 51
15Jay-Z1997"I'll Be" 2017"Drunk in Love" 49
15Katy Perry2008"I Kissed a Girl" 2017"Feels" 106
15Little Mix2011"Cannonball" 2020"Break Up Song" 74
15Manic Street Preachers1992"Theme From M.A.S.H. "/" I Do It for You" with Fatima Mansions 2007"Autumnsong" 22
15Nat King Cole1952"Somewhere Along the Way" 1987"When I Fall In Love" 78
15Shakin Stevens1981"This Ole House" 1987"What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For" 61
15Steps1998"Last Thing on my Mind" 2001"Words Are Not Enough/I Know Him So Well" 55
15Tinie Tempah2010"Pass Out" 2016"Girls Like" 66
14Celine Dion1992"Beauty and the Beast" with Peabo Bryson 2002"A New Day Has Come" 60
14Donny Osmond1972"Puppy Love" 1975"The Proud One" with The Osmonds 75
14Duran Duran1981"Girls on Film" 2005" Sunrise" 47
14Hot Chocolate1970"Love Is Life" 1987"You Sexy Thing " 54
14Jason Derulo2009"Whatcha Say" 2018"Savage Love" 66
14Lady Gaga2009"Just Dance" 2019"Rain On Me" 90
14Perry Como1953"Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" 1973"For the Good Times" 102
14Ronan Keating1999"When You Say Nothing At All" 2006"All Over Again" 34
14Sean Paul2003"Gimme the Light" 2020"Times Like These" 45
141965"I Can't Explain" 1981"You Better You Bet" 43
1350 Cent2003"In Da Club" 2013"My Life" 41
13Adam Levine2004"This Love" with Maroon 5 2018"Girls Like You" with Maroon 5 72
13Atomic Kitten1999"Right Now" 2005"Cradle" 38
131963"I Get Around" 1987"Wipe Out" with Fat Boys 62
132003"Where Is the Love" 2011"Just Can't Get Enough" 92
13Blur1991"There's No Other Way" 2003"Out of Time" 23
13Depeche Mode1981"Just Can't Get Enough" 2005"Precious" 25
13Destiny’s Child1998"No No No" 2015"The Girl Is Mine" with 99 Souls 39
13Dizzee Rascal2004"Stand Up Tall" 2013"Something Really Bad" 48
13Dusty Springfield1962"Island of Dreams" with The Springfields 1987"What Have I Done to Deserve This?" with The Pet Shop Boys 54
13The Everly Brothers1957"Bye Bye Love" 1965"The Price of Love" 112
13JLS2008“Hero” 2012“Hottest Girl in the World” 40
131964"You Really Got Me" 1971"Apeman" 63
13Louise1993"Stay" with Eternal 2003"Pandora's Kiss" 29
13Morrissey1984"Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" with The Smiths 2006"You Have Killed Me" 18
13Mutya Buena2000"Overload" with Sugababes 2007"Song 4 Mutya " 42
13Nelly2000"Country Grammar" 2013"Hey Porsche" 61
13Pitbull2009"I Know You Want Me " 2014"Wild Wild Love" 56
13Rita Ora2012"Hot Right Now" 2020"Times Like These" 68
132008"If This Is Love" 2013"Disco Love" 26
13Sting1978"Can't Stand Losing You" with The Police 2002"Rise & Fall" 60
13Taylor Swift2009"Love Story" 2019"You Need to Calm Down" 70
13Wet Wet Wet1987"Wishing I Was Lucky" 1997"Yesterday/Maybe I'm in Love" 58
12Akon2005"Locked Up" 2013"Play Hard" with David Guetta and Ne-Yo 62
12Bryan Adams1991"Everything I Do " 2002"Here I Am" 59
12David Whitfield1953"The Bridge of Sighs" 1957"The Adoration Waltz" 97
12Eternal1993"Stay" 1997"Angel of Mine" 35
12Frank Sinatra1954"Three Coins in the Fountain" 1993"I've Got You Under My Skin" with Bono 89
12Gary Glitter1972"Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2" 1984"Another Rock and Roll Christmas" 63
12Guns N' Roses1989"Paradise City" 1995"Sympathy for the Devil" 25
12Guy Mitchell1952"Feet Up 1959"Heartaches by the Numbers" 115
12Jess Glynne2014"Rather Be" 2020"Times Like These" 82
12Lionel Richie1977"Easy" with Commodores 1992"My Destiny" 46
12Ne-Yo2006"So Sick" 2012"Turn Around" 62
12Nicki Minaj2010"2012 " 2018"Woman Like Me" 58
12Pat Boone1955"Ain't That a Shame" 1962"Speedy Gonzales" 103
12Petula Clark1954"The Little Shoemaker" 1988"Downtown '88" 68
12Roy Orbison1960"Only the Lonely " 1992"I Drove All Night" 78
12Sam Smith2013"La La La" 2019"How Do You Sleep" 83
12Shirley Bassey1957"The Banana Boat Song" 1973"Never, Never, Never" 79
12Will Smith1991Summertime" with DJ Jazzy Jeff 2005"Switch" 52
115ive1997"Slam Dunk "2001"Closer to Me" 30
1110cc1972"Donna" 1978"Dreadlock Holiday" 44
11Adam Faith1959"What Do You Want?" 1963"The First Time" 66
11Bananarama1981"It Ain't What You Do..." with Fun Boy Three 1989"Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Band Aid II 44
11Blondie1978"Denis" 1999"Maria" 53
11Bruno Mars2010"Nothin' On You" 2017"Finesse" 88
11Cilla Black1964"Anyone Who Had a Heart" 1972"Something Tells Me " 44
11East 171992"House of Love" 1997"Hey Child" 42
11Ellie Goulding2010"Starry Eyed" 2020"Times Like These" 62
11Emeli Sandé2009"Diamond Rings" 2015"What I Did for Love" 38
11Four Tops1966"Reach Out I'll Be There" 1989"Loco in Acapulco" 38
11Frankie Vaughan1956"The Green Door" 1967"There Must Be a Way" 60
11Gene Pitney1964"Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa" 1989"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" with Marc Almond 52
11Leona Lewis2006"A Moment Like This" 2013"One More Sleep" 42
11Leo Sayer1973"The Show Must Go On" 2006"Thunder in My Heart Again" with Meck 50
11Mud1973"Dyna-Mite" 1976"Lean on Me" 41
11Olivia Newton-John1971"If Not for You" 1998"You're the One That I Want" with John Travolta 58
111991"Charly" 2009"Warrior's Dance 40
11S Club 71999"Bring It All Back" 2003"Say Goodbye/Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You" 49
11Snoop Dogg1999"Still D.R.E." 2014"Wiggle" 40
11Stereophonics1998"The Bartender and the Thief" 2005"Dakota" 21
11T. Rex1970"Ride a White Swan" 1973"The Groover" 70
11Will Young2002"Evergreen" 2011"Jealousy" 34
11Winifred Atwell1952"Britannia Rag" 1959"Piano Party" 51
109111996"Don't Make Me Wait" 2000"Private Number" 16
10Adam Ant1980"Dog Eat Dog" with The Ants 1983"Puss 'n Boots" 50
10Avicii2011"Collide" 2019"SOS" 74
10Bay City Rollers1971"Keep on Dancing" 1976"I Only Want to Be with You" 44
10Boney M1976"Daddy Cool" 1992"Megamix" 58
10Connie Francis1958"Who's Sorry Now" 1962"Vacation" 72
10Culture Club/Boy George1982"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" 1998"I Just Wanna Be Loved" 50
10David Essex1973"Rock On" 1983"Tahiti" 47
10Dean Martin1953"Kiss" 1969"Gentle on My Mind" 73
10Donna Summer1976"Love to Love You Baby" 1995"I Feel Love" 43
10Dua Lipa2017"No Lie" 2020"Times Like These" 81
10Enrique Iglesias1999"Bailamos" 2017"Subeme La Radio" 61
10Gabrielle1993"Dreams" 2001"Don't Need the Sun to Shine " 37
10Gwen Stefani1997"Don't Speak" with No Doubt 2007"The Sweet Escape" 41
10Herman's Hermits1964"I'm into Something Good" 1970"Years May Come, Years May Go" 43
10Jason Donovan1988"Nothing Can Divide Us" 1991"Happy Together" 47
10Jessie J2011"Do It like a Dude" 2014"Bang Bang" 47
10Johnnie Ray1952"Faith Can Move Mountains" with The Four Lads 1957"Yes Tonight Josephine" 79
10Lily Allen2006"Smile" 2013"Air Balloon" 35
10M People1993"How Can I Love You More?" 1998"Angel St" 24
10Maroon 52004"This Love" 2018"Girls Like You" 61
10Olly Murs2009"You Are Not Alone" with The X Factor Finalists 2009 2014"Up" 53
10Pharrell Williams2002"Boys" 2017"Feels" 67
101978"Can't Stand Losing You" 1983"Wrapped Around Your Finger" 47
10Puff Daddy1997"I'll Be Missing You" 2011"Coming Home" 44
10Roxy Music1972"Virginia Plain" 1982"More Than This" 44
10Sia2000"Taken for Granted" 2017"Dusk Till Dawn" 60
10Showaddywaddy1974"Hey Rock and Roll" 1978"Pretty Little Angel Eyes" 52
10Spandau Ballet1980"To Cut a Long Story Short" 1986"Through the Barricades" 30
10Spice Girls1996"Wannabe" 2000"Holler"/"Let Love Lead the Way" 50
10Stormzy2015"Shut Up" 2019"Lessons" 39
101972"I'm Stone in Love with You" 1976"Sixteen Bars" 35
10Sweet1971"Co-Co" 1978"Love Is Like Oxygen" 52
10Tina Turner1966"River Deep – Mountain High" with Ike 1995"GoldenEye" 41
102010"All Time Low" 2013"Show Me Love " 22
10Wham!1982"Young Guns " 2019"Last Christmas" 67